नादnāda

नाद (nāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning a loud sound, roaring, or crying, any sound or tone, a praiser, a loud sound, cry, roaring, or tone in general, one who praises, sound in general. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Loud or intense sound, Mystical symbol / Nasal sound, A praiser.

Root: नद् (nad)
Etymology: E. नद् to sound, affix घञ् ।
Definitions: 13

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Meanings by context

Loud or intense sound

6 definitions

a loud sound, roaring, or crying

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

din, roar, cry, sound, or nasal sound

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A loud sound, cry, or roar. 2. Sound in general. 3. A nasal sound in yoga philosophy.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Roaring. 2. Sound or cry. 3. A semicircle representing the nasal sound.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

any loud sound, cry, roar, or noise

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A loud sound, cry, roaring, or tone in general. 2. In Yoga, the nasal sound represented by a semicircle used as a mystical abbreviation. 3. One who praises.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Mystical symbol / Nasal sound

4 definitions

in yoga, the nasal sound represented by a semicircle and used as an abbreviation in mystical words

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sound in general. 2. A semicircle used as a mystical symbol.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sound in general. 2. A mystical semicircle.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sound in general. 2. A semicircle used as a mystical symbol.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A praiser

1 definition

a praiser

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Noun: Name of a Sage

1 definition

a sage of the Cakshusha epoch

— The Purana Index

Sound in general

1 definition

any sound or tone

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.